Standard for External Representation of Product Data (STEP):
The furthest developed standard is through ISO 10303, or STEP, Standard for the Exchange of Product model data. One of the advantages of STEP is the semi-automatic generation of export/import software from the description of the standard (which is itself computer-readable)
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Figure: Data Exchange from System A to B